The settlement of the conflict in Ukraine is not an exclusive issue of Russian-American relations, Washington intends to work to achieve this goal in a multilateral format, a senior U.S. State Department official has said.

"I guess what I could say is there certainly is no intent or desire to work exclusively with Russia. I mean, this is a multiparty issue, resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine," the official [identified as "Senior State Department Official One"] said at a briefing on Wednesday ahead of the U.S. Secretary of State's visit to Kyiv on July 9.

A senior diplomat confirmed that the U.S. supports the Minsk agreements and work in the Normandy format to implement these agreements. "We’ll continue to work with all of the parties involved," he said.